obama is so good about this. the next democratic president is going to have to honor that. you're going to see a lot of african-american faces. a lot more people mixed in. >> absolutely. they've been substantive. eric hold ser a consequential player. and i think going forward if hillary clinton runs as i believe she is going to, one of the things that's going to speak well of her among african-americans was the service she provided to the administration. that and the stellar job campaigning for the re-election. that does a lot. even more than that, you're not going to have a rift within the african-american community where the leadership is going one way and the base is going the other. that was an issue too. there's not going to be a tug of war. i think because the clintons showed themselves to be loyal enough within the obama project, they will be there. it won't be enough to stop them. >> joy, you're great. i've got to go. thanks so much. >>> up next, the republican national committee seems to think racism ended in this country way back in 1955. and this is "hardball," t